Equipment
Honeyman-Scott used a number of guitars during his professional career, including the following:
- Gibson ES-335 used for Pretenders debut and songs on the Robert John Godfrey album
- Gibson Les Paul Jr. (1957 - borrowed from Mick Ralphs of Mott the Hoople)
- Gibson Les Paul (used to record the debut album)
- Gibson Firebird (1963)
- Gibson Firebird (Pink)
- Hamer Custom-built guitars(3, one red known as "Red One", one white with Honeyman in mother of pearl up the neck known as "Honeyman", and one Explorer prototype )
- MusicMan Stingray
- Rickenbacker 360/12 used during Extended Play / Pretenders II sessions
- Zemaitis (1980) Metal Front Guitar (2)
- Zemaitis (1980) Pearl Front Guitar
- Zemaitis (1981) Dragon (Wedding Axe)
- Zemaitis (1981) Scorpion Disc Front Guitar
Just before joining the Pretenders, Honeyman-Scott used an Ibanez Gibson-Explorer style with a Electro-Harmonix Clone Theory pedal and Marshall amplifier in an attempt to emulate the Rickenbacker 12-string sound on songs by Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe (Guitar Player, 1981). Honeyman-Scott recorded most of his guitar parts for the Pretenders debut album using a Gibson ES-335 or Gibson Les Paul.
Honeyman-Scott owned several acoustic guitars including a Gibson Dove, Martin D-28, and a Guild 12-string. Jimmy used Marshall 100-watt amplifiers and BOSS chorus, overdrive, and compressor effects pedals.
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